Maps of Englishness : writing identity in the culture of colonialism / Simon Gikandi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gikandi, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English prose literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English prose literature.

Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, English.

Literature and society--History--Colonies--Great Britain--19th century.

Literature and society.

History.

Colonies.

Nationalism.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Nationalism--England--History--19th century.

Group identity in literature.

Travel writing--History.

Travel writing.

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

British colonies.

England.

English--Travel--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

Local Subjects:

English--Travel--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1996]

Summary:

This book redefines the concept of Englishness, a term already full of contradictions, as it developed during Britain's colonial period. By surveying the British imperial tradition since the nineteenth century, Simon Gikandi explores the politics of identity in England and analyzes how the colonial experience inspired certain narrative forms that changed the nature of the English identity.

Contents:

Colonial culture and the question of identity

Through the prism of race: black subjects and english identities

Englishness and the culture of travel: writing the west indies in the nineteenth century

Imperial femininity: reading gender in the culture of colonialism

Belated englishness: modernism, narrative, and late colonialism

Beyond empire and nation: writing identity after colonialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.

ISBN:

0231105983

9780231105989

0231105991

9780231105996

OCLC:

34951497